The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1972. A C19 House. 1 related planning application.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- silent-keystone-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, 81, Finborough Road, Stowmarket, IP14 1PT
- OS grid reference
- TM 042 586
- Coordinates
- 52.18788, 0.98632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house dating from the early 19th century, constructed of gault brick and topped with a slate roof. It stands two storeys high with a three-window south facade. The entrance features a six-panelled door, with the upper two panels being glazed, and is adorned with a five-vaned fanlight. A flat porch from the early 20th century, supported by octagonal timber posts, is located at the front. On either side of the door are 8/8 sash windows with scalloped hoods and gauged skewback arches. The first floor has three 3/3 sash windows, with the central panes being larger than the others. The eaves cornice is decorated with paired mutules, and the hipped roof has two stacks on the rear slope.
Local climate
The Firs sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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